European business remains positive about doing business in Viet Nam

New data from EuroCham’s Business Climate Index (BCI) has revealed that European business leaders remain positive about doing business in Viet Nam. Over 200 representatives of EuroCham member companies responded to the latest BCI, covering the third quarter of this year, which was released yesterday. Confidence in Viet Nam’s trade and investment environment is at 81 points, the second-highest point since the end of 2016. Despite a slight dip since the high watermark of the second quarter – the highest BCI score for 18 months – business sentiment in the third quarter remains strong. EuroCham enterprises continued to perform well in the last quarter, with 57 per cent describing their situation as ‘good’ and a further 10 per cent as ‘excellent’. “The results of EuroCham’s latest BCI are another vote of confidence in Viet Nam’s trade and investment environment. Our members continue to report positive signals across the board, from increasing their investment to growing their workforce,” said Nicolas Audier, Co-Chairman of EuroCham. “In October, EuroCham and Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) co-organised a high-level lunch in Brussels with the Prime Minister, bringing together almost 20 major business leaders from across Europe eager to grow their investment in Viet Nam. The strong interest in this event highlights the appetite of European investors to increase their footprint in Viet Nam, with ratification of the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement on the horizon. EuroCham will continue to push for the quick ratification of this historic deal, and encourage more… [Read full story]